aaeessenesss 1 J . U JAC03Y. fiiM-sacr. Trntn and RiSht Cod and cor Country. $2 00 in Adrance, prr Annan. VOLUME 17. BLOOM S 13 U KG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1865. NUMBER 7 1L Jill l MJ MO, II iiiio "THE STAR OF THE NORTH " If Pt'BLlSHSD KVERT WEDNESDAY BT iv m. a j.iconr, Office on 31 a I a St., 3rd Square below Market, TEX111S: Two Dollars ar.d Fifty Cent in advanre. if not putt I nil the end of '.he year, Thres 0!inr wil t r!irjid. No 8ubcription twk r !'r period less than six montfij nil im'tpM muA'tce permit- led until all aneurism an paid ui.les it the option of ;!i editor RATES OF Al'YERTlSlZn : TEN Ll.tES CONS II I Ul K A fQUARE. - One Square, one or ihre insertion, SI 5i I . r,very sujjseqoent insert-on, res inn i, o One column one yfr, 50 00 Administrators' and Executor notice, S 00 Transient advertising r ayab'e in advance, "all other due after the first insertion. Sho had Hie "Tin.' " Once I loved a charming fairy, . And I thought to wed her loo ; With a laugh aud grace o airy, I coiUd do not else bo I woo ; 3ot my pa said, "hark ye, Harry, Thia poor maid yoa steed uot win, For 1 awear yon ahali net marry With a girl who has no 4ii.7 " Troe, her only wealth was beauty, - And a heart as pure a snow ; But 1 felt bound op by duty, So I let sweet Nettie go. Then I turned and feeling busily, Thrust my banda ray pocket iu, Looking for a wife) :hoagh really, For a wile with lets of "lia." Soon I met a rcaiden pretty, ' Mes as blue as Heaven above, Golden curie jast like my Nettie; Money too. Who would not love 1 "Whilst my heart wassiiil a burning, Cupid's arrow sped Tight ia ; But tbe saucy maiden learning I was out in aearch e! "tin," Tossed her ringlets in defiance. Said "her pnr-e wa not to let ;" Slid ' oil men she'd no reliance." And she left it: a in a pet. ; While i wenl rfi-tracred nearly, ' Such a fix as t was in 1 1 had lov'U (he marten -dearly. If he had not had '.be "tin." . sv ' Thna my hope are ever blighted One by o.e they tiJ adieu, Ti to gold my troili i plighted, Beauty, I may never woo. Yes, to gold or rather greenback. (Thinking ot the times werre in, Copper is oar only hari tack, Paper now oar only ".in.'') Now ray cn!y hope i F.iiinrs, Forty summer o'er her head, fA"nd I also judgp, some winters, Have with rn finger sped. , At Misa Flinter.' heart I'm knocking, - And, I think, sbe'lf lei me in ; j ,tet me in without much talking. Though I only want her "tin." sa. . -J Thb Close ofihc Was-. A week! It is bat a abort time indeed, but ita events are a host, its change many. To whom has the week just closed brought jiy? to whom orrow 1 to whom riches? to whom poverty? to whom friend ? in whom en'miei to whom lo ? to whom miery ? to whom happiness? to wLotu sioknei' ? lowrmn health I to whom li'V ? 'o wtmiri h ? What! all lhe-e changes in one w-ek ! Yes, and a host more numemo- than the sands cf the sea. Many, who see the dawn ing cf the present week, will be in another wo rid ere it cloe! many n port jvhom for tune smiled but a week ago, are now groan ing ben eatb the withering Irown of pover ty; many who were floating gently on the bark of life, o'er the unroffled sea of happi ness a week ago, are now wrecks of ruin on the shores of affliction ; many upon whom the snn of last Sabath shone propitiously, i have ere thia time met wi.h some i'l for tune and are lamed upon tbe world the chil ' dren of poverty ; and many whose expec tation! and bopes were beaming forth, bright and prosperous, at the dawn of this week, find themselves at its close, tbe sad and miserable beings of cruel disappoint ment. And soch is the life of man! It re object to changes in a week, a day. 'nay, wveo an hour. The world is still in com arotion revolution succeeding revolution lime whirling on its rapid progress, leav ing tebindits fracea ef instruction, and even in a imill comtnenrly, rnany thrilling exciting circumstances might be aummed ap and recoreed at ibe close of each. E.P. Wkipplt. . ' Temporary Rkhovil or th Nvtiohai CarnoL Membera of Congress who bare already arrived in Washington city.and who ere appalled at ibe filthy condition of that locality, are dicosring the practability ot temporarily removin; the National Capitol to Philadelphia. U is declared that the 'rholera' will certainly ra in this country next summer. Conare-s will be iu the faidrt of au importani esion m the beated term, and as ihe condition cf Washington is ancb. as to provoke tne virnlence of "he he!era,it is propo.-ed to bold the approach ing session of itat body in Philadelphia. 'Of ccorte, this i nothing mere than a sug gestion in Is present hape. B: there is no ilenjing that Washington city is in a wofolly filthy rondition, so much so that members of CotijreM are not to blame for s-ekins a refuse from dirraie in the cleanly and healthy locality of Philadelphia. ' ..- . - i ' , Mrs who boal loodiy that they never lisw qtjartar ia time of danger are ceriaia t3 ct?-ar scat fcillitiT.fes24cnii. A JOSHUA. The great expectations of the community in regard, to Rose Wilder 'a eitlemeat in life had never tan realized. She was an attractive girl. with a face that one would pick out in a crowd and always remember. It is sayinjj much of a face to say this. Most races are lost in the light of others. Met, in its distinctive character, was so superior ilia: it was always recognizable and striking amid a boat of others. We associ ate such faces with intellect and character above the mediocrity, and the association was correct in Roe Wilder case. Add lo these personal attractions, a father' wealih, handsome honae, and all the parapherna lia of stylish living in the most lahinnable part of town, with carte blanche to dreos as elegantly as she chose, and yoa will not wonder that she was admired to an extent that led to great expectations of an enviable settlement in life. And yat Rose Wilder bad reached twenty five years of a?e and was still unmarried. People. bejan to ahake their heads and talk about picking up crooked nick at the end ot the wood, aud even my Uncle and Aunt Wilder, and my icale WiU'er coucius, betrayed signs of so licitude. Il was a popular opinion that Rose Wilder had enjoyed many rare opportunities of marriage. I think it was a fallacy. From extended observation I have formed the opinion that the belles of society have fewer good oppottcnities for marriage than itierr less brilliant contemporaries. Men love to watch flashing meteors as they dart across tbe heavens, but the) select mellow rush lights to guide them o'er life's rough ways. Men love :o dance rci tbe sunthme, but they sit down by steady dre-Iights for reet and peace. Ingham Boiler suggested that figure. He said one night, as h watched her, ''She is , ike the sun in our social system. Ery-t-ndy el-e shines 'by borrowed light ; but sUe, in her originality and natural brillian- t ia iAmn,nhl Irk nnthm- tiTif ft ii n then h attracts all, and i- above all ir. tier hih and mighty ways. The sun Mees i for a time, but il leaves as in its steady ficklene, and we grope and sinniNe in tbe itarkiie.-s. It has -pot upon its surface, and 1 cannot te blnJ kj some -rioe Isalts in Ruse Wilder character fnut1 for the mol part sprinins from her position and the falerdiic-ttvi o! tle times Worl of all, aie is like the sun, nirely-five millions . of miles awa5 from everybody. We sneer at the boy who cried for the moon. Same cl us are guilty of gre:er foity, and sih far the central un No ! no ! We must I content to batk in its rajs for a brief sea on, knowing that the night will sorely come. , Slewed be the Johua who has power to command ar.d, secure it? obe'di enc!" - 1 I think there were few men who ever made Rose Wilder conscious of the exi-t-ence of her own heait. Tom Day loi ered about her lor a couple of jeurs and then marrifd stupid Helen Tomer and Rote laughed merrily over the inconzraons mvch. ' Dr. Langworthy danced attendance lor an indefinite period ; and when he married, Rose was evidently relieved. So it was with a score ol other. They only touched her-outward life, and her heart was on af fected It waa different with Mark Stanton. When be married our cousin Eugene Wild er's widow, Rose looked grave. I think she had neatly (alien a victim to his fascinating manner and handsome eyes. We all had a suspicion of some emotion when Ingham . Boiler went to Europe, alter a serious mis anderitauding with he; ; bat there was nothing save a toning down of high spirits and a new gentleness of manner to confirm oar suspicions. And now lhat Rose waa twenty-five yeirs of age, Uncle Wilder's solicitude became ( painful. He spoke much of the folly of promiscuous kindness, and sounded the j praisee of Milo Baxter from noon till night, j 31 'to Baxter was a weaitny cacneior, auu Rose only laughed acd avoided him. The solicitude was explained when Uncle Wilder came home one day with his anx ious face sadder :han ever, and told his fatn ify he was a bankrupt. Aunt Wilder was almost stunned, aud Rote was sorely shot k ed and distressed ll is harr- to contem plate changes iu luxurious habits? From poveny to luxury, tbe habits slide away so easily. From luxury to povery, fhey rling o tenaciously. After the first shock, Roae was the bravest sufferer of the whole. This ordeal brought ool all the woman in ber natore. When the elegant furniture, and pictures, and statuary were disposed of, and the family were located in a small cottage, whose beauty consisted in simplicity and neatness, Rose asioni-heJ tbe family yet more by brr proposition to serve a govern ess in the family ol a friend. Aunt Wilder wept, and Uncle Wilder pretended there was uo necessity; and Bob and Harry, with their e'egar.t notions, and fatidioas taste, and very small salaries, grew hot with in dignaiion and vowed she should nor. Hjj' she did. Any One who had seen the look upon ber face, and understood the nature which that look revealed, wonld have de clari l a priori she would do ir. She did it faithfully too, hard as ervice to an inferior i. Day after day found her a patient work er in the booee of Mrs. Lennox, where for merly she had idled an occasional hour and declared it such a tore. Sometime there came to ber ear familiar voices of ber old attendants as ihey flirted in Mr. Lennox parlors ; and Fanny Lennox' ' impering tones as she entertained, her visitors; and her eyes would flash with emotion, and ber Us 2? a weald grow f harp wita paia far tp iiMatil ; but il waa aoon over. Except for these occasional pane at old remembran ces. Rose Wilder was a happier woman iban before. It ia unfortunate that tbe beat society rob 'most women of any airn in life save marriage and dresa. It is an io diputable fact that there is a real satisfac tion in earning money. Rose Wilder had ibis satisfaction, and woik enough to keep idle fancies away and cares enough to make her patient. One night she donned her bonnet and mantle, and, as she caught a reflection o' her lace in a Lennox mirror, she laughed to herself Her own happiness surprised her; and yet it was only the pleasure she expe rienced tecause ber work was well done and she held in her hand a check that would buy coveted luxuries she had scarcely beed ed once. She actually sang as she tripped through the ball, aud was unconsciously humming as he pased down the stone step, mni almo-; ran over a gentlemen who waa staring at the numbers of Ihe houses. She looked op, frightened, he looked down, amused, and, af;er a moment's scrutiny, ex claimed: "Rose Wilder!'' It was Ingham Butler, just retorned from Europe. When they had exchanged moto.1 greet- ng, he said: "Do yoa expect your car- I in riage, or are yon walking?" ' I always walk, now-a-day," h an swered. "It is well," he answered, approvingly. M know now where yoa get your red cheek and the new sparkle in your eyes." Rose smiled. Evidently he did not know. "How are all my old friend ?''. he in quired. "Jennie Cragg and yoa were inti mate ; is she well ?" 1 have not seen ber for months," aha answered with a little buterueas. "Kate Stamon i married, I bear. Of course yoa know her husband ? ' "(have seen i:im atcburcb; I have no personal acqoainiauc." "Is Harry Latimer io town?" ''I had a distant bow from birn thia morn ing " Yon come from Mrs. Lennox's door, I see. Do yoo see them ofte.i ! ' j "I we more of them than any one else," she answered. She was abonl lo expluin her position, but rdie bad tfnchJ the :ore win-re she wi-hed lo make purchases, and excused herself. I shall come to see yoa soon, if yon will ' ibeir looatior. Tr.ey can le removed with allow me," be said. 4Do you live in the knife without injury to tne tree. Trev same place?' will appear like a worm nr. third cf an Oh no! we are oul of lown." She lies- j lllCh in lengil. Mtt per mi Vielect ini tiated ; she could not explain there, and j i.peration nil spring by which time lhy gave him her address. j will have tuada lare cavity in the tree Thai night Ingham Boiler called on Fan- and done mnch inj-jry. When i'iey re ny Lernox. main two years the) become a Urge worm. "How bright and happy Rose Wilder . and do treat iijiry lo ihe tree. We have looks!' he said, i'i the coure of conversa- ' heard many complaints from those who lion. "I !N about to be married 7" Fanny. Lennox laughed. 'I think she wa never ao far from it. She is ocr gov erne.s.'? Then followed a history of Uncle Wild er's bankruptcy and the new state ot af fair. Tbe man waa astonished most of all by the bappy face he bad seen that da- a face so full of truth and hope and child like joy, that he bad leveJ ;l more than in ita olden haughtiness. lis smiled as he re- membered Fanny Lennox' words "Never i so far from manisga aa now." If ihe girl ' ever possessed any regard for me, she was ! never so i.e-r it." he said to himself. Fanny Lennox gave a party, and Ingham Bailer epied Ko-e Wilder half hidden in a remote corner. The happy lock was gone, ml in its place a sd aud anxious face. He asked her why she refused in see bi n. She answered briefly : 4 My. invitation to the parlor were such I could not accept." "I wish Mis Wilder had come for my sake, in spi'e of other." m He said il earnestly, looking steadily into bereave face. 'Impossible," she answered coldly. Ingham Butler sighed. "Oh. Rose Wild er ! you are ninety-five millions of miles a By from me wben yoo speak in that tone, not near me as on the day I first mat yoo. 1 feared the sun wool! be clooded when it rose again." She answered coldly : "If yoa mean me when you speak of tbe sun, it will soon be feel. 1 arn going to leave ihe parlors. 1 cannot be patronized." There was half a sob in Tier tones. Ingham Boiler drew her within the window where the certains hid them from view. "Slay for my sake. Roe Wilder, will yoa stay for me ? I will dance with yoa and iben I mast go. I will come to yoa agi'ia. Shall i find you ? His tones were full of pasaion, and thtre was that, within bis eyes thai thrilled ber heart. "I do not know,' ahe answered. 'I will stay if I can."- He danced with ber, and she encountered but few cold' bows and formal greet in ,itat he would not expose herself to rbem again, and related farther invitation. Ingham Butler was the lion of the evening; and Rose from her qniel corner, listened to his tinging and watched fair .girl court his smile and favor cntil her heart ached sore ly. She wonld go. No! she bad promuied him. She would stay. At last he eame lo her, and drew her within ihe window-drspery. "Why did yoo stay ?' he aked. Because I promised yoo," ahe answer ed. "Would ya have prniaedeiber barn?" 'Why did )oo promise mi!" "Because because D "Bacanse yea love roe even as I love yoo !" She did net answer. Har eyes were foil ef tear. Ingham Duller interpreted tbern rightly, and exclaimed : "Thank God ! I am Joahoa, and the snn of my life shall t.ever set ! ' A Sirjnlar Story. The Macen Telegraph tells the following ad story of Ihe war : - "I learned on yesterday the circomitancaa ol a melancholy quandary in which a young lady, one of the most estimable and Isrely in this part of the country, was placeJ. A gallant young officer was betrothed 14 her. He fell on the fatal field of Sharpaburg. She loved him dearly, and waa afflicted fit be yond what lovers of a more buoyant temper would have aoflsred. She went into monrning, secluded herielf from society, devoted herielf to religions and charitable deeds, aad was "dead to the world." A few months ago, a young gentleman of great wealth, superior talents, and handsome person, accidentally formed bA acquaintance jn lhj of bnmM tranflC(ion. e wM ;ciM(eJ whh htr. pfr,eTefej until be overcome her aversion linln by little, and finally they became engaged io be married or.ly a fortnight ago. She had already made ont her order f.r an elegsnt iromstuu Bat four dav ao ill firt lover returned. He had been carried to a North ern lopiia! from the bal'le field, wi:h no hope of life, aud has just been liberated and returned. He has a frightful scar across his face, only one eye, is an invalid for life, and is poor; bat in hit bosom burnt a man lr and noble soul. The poor girl has shot herself up, and will not see either of them. The meeting between ber and her first lov- j er the other day, is said to bave been dis tressing. Hi letter had failed to reach her, and she firmly believed he was dead, till he ktood before her, th ghastly ruin of her lover, once so handonre and manly. oor feuvk; have csught a glimpse of him ttnce B j,e ptMed alon? the street, wiib his crutches and melaocho'y face." Th Done Now 'n the tim to watch for this ) ear's rroo of borer. If jou trill look a, the bae of the irae en will see a little depotit of chip, which will indica'e have snfTvred wil'iio the last two years from Iheir ravages, and admonish all onr readers who have young archards to watch Iheir trees. If gra grows aronnd the tree, draw it away and the borers may be found even below the surface of the ground. A Nw England Miss Elopcv In Frank fort, Kentucky, a young white lady, hailinu from New England, was employed by the Freedmen's 3ureau in teacii ihe nrgra chil dren. The dusky urchins thronged her "eminary, ar.d she wa intensely popular. eard for a good leon h Ire q'lenlly gave a kis. Matter went mi f swimmingly lor a time, anu in -jon irn i den" negroes were being fast elevated Soch was the prosperity of the school thai a principal one Professor Hawkina fable) waa sent to take charge ol the "institu tion," when, shocking to relate, Ihe fair one, having in her possession the funds supplied to defray the expenses of the school, de camped, forgetting to di'ide the funds afore said with the Professor. Of course be ia in dignant. Tne Dctt or Young Men. There "n no mortal object so beautiful to me as a con scientious young tnaa. 1 watch him ail do a star in tbe heavens ; clouds may be before him, bat we know that his light is behind ihem, and will beam 'forth again; the blaze of others' popularity may outshine him. bo: we know, although anseen, he illuminate hi own true sphere. Ha resists lemptat.on not without a struggle, for that is no virtue: but be reMt" and rot.qntr; he hear the aream of fie pn-fligate, and it r-niiji h-m, for lhat ia a trait ol Tirine, but heaU with his own pore lonct . He heed not llit watchwo rd to fatSiou, if il lead lo ain. Tilt Lncisville Jomnal says: We have not though! it necessary or worth our while lo disease the question whether tbe Clerk ol tbe Lower House of Congress has or has not ihe right lo place on the roll, as mem bers of that body, those whom he thinks regnlarly elected. The idea that a mere clerk of the Hour has any soch power, or thst be coold attempt to usurp it, without deserving to be kicked from .one end cf Pennsylvania avenue to tbe other, is oilerly 'preposterous." Ths Rev. Dr. Bacon, of New Haven, Conn , has lately been to -Richmond. On bis way back be called opon President Johnson, and lohfrliim, among other thing, thai h found two hundred and filty white childten attending the labratory school at Richmond,, a, poor and Ignorant as ibe black, and equa'ly needd aid from ihe North. Whereupon the President qaietly remarked: "I am very glad to find .that aemsbody knows that there are wahe folia at the Soot J" Tlii lstJji Sods. STBITIBVON. "Do 1 toilers in Fate V I beard a lady sing, While at my garden gale One pensive eve in spring. Her eyes fell cn the moon, As in its beams she sale, Anl placiiMy he sung "Oh, I telieve in Fate!" ' Do I believe in Fate ? Why ele am I content So patiently to wait For what may ne'er be sent? His eyes looked love on me Although became toe late; Though his I may not be Yet 1 believe iu Fate !" "All earth is smiling now, And life to me ia sweet, No care ditorba my brow, And Time's soft wings are fleet, Hope shinelh. like a star. And I'm content to wail ; Though happiness be far, Yet I believe in Fate !" Wife find Squids. 1 heard an anecdote of Kaffirland to day, which, thoogh irrelevant to our adventures here, is so amusing that I must record it, particularly aa my informant vouched for its truth. At an outpost far np ihe country resided an officer and his wife. The latter warned by her husband not to venture alone fir from t ha house ; but one day imprudently going beyond her usual limits, she encoun tered a wild looking Kaffir, who took her by the hand, and would be moved by no en treaties to sutler her to depart. He made her sit down, and untying ber bonnet, let down ber long hair, at which he expressed rapturous admiration. He next look ofF her gloves, and appeared enchanted with her while hands; aud then proceeded to divea: her of her aiioes and eockingt and won dered at her little white feel. The next morning the lady and ber husband were awakened at an early hour by a chattering under their window : and .on requiring the cane of iheir di-rurbarrce, the gentle man waa acocted by the hero of the previ ous !)-, ttli.i had been so oppred by the charms nf our fair country-woman, that he j iad come with twelve squaws to make ti e liberal orler of exchange them lor the gen tleman w-i'e. ar.d wh not a littln nurprited wheu hi eneroii term were rfued, M'jtr Paged Ctmp en I Cxntonmtnt. A Court Sccxb ' William Look ; tell c. William, who made yon ?' Wiliarn, who waa considered a fool screwed up hi face, and looked though. ful, and somewhat bewildered, replied: Moe, I 'poe.; "That will do.'' r-aid Counsellor Grey, and addresMng the Court 'The wiine save he supposes M"es mad him. That is an an intelligent answer, and more than 1 iho"; him capab'e c4 git ing, for it howa he has some faint Wtea of Scripture. 1 submit that it ia not aiiflicien! to entitle bim to be a worn as a wiine, capable of giing evidence." j "Air. Judge," said the fool, "may I ax I ihe lwyer a quesi'on ?'' 4 Cvruinly," said the Judge. Wall, then, Mr. Lawjer, who d'ye prse made j ou ?'' Aaron, I 'po'" said Counsellor Grey, imitating the wi ne-a. After the mint had somewhat subsided, il'o witness drawled out, "Wall, neow, we do read in the Book that Aaron once made a calf, but who'd thought ihe darned critter had gol in here ?' Sandy Ihlllhrald. A iocsg lady in Chicago was betrothed at the beginning of the war to a lieu tenant in tbe army. He waa killed in bat tle, and his boJy taken home and buried by his nearest friend and comrade who was with him when he fell. To this yoong man the lady's affections were transferred, in lime, and she engaged lo marry him. On the day when they were to be united, and while the clergyman was abnot lo join iheir handa, the lady suddenly fainted. On re covering, hn said ahe had seen the spirit of her loter. who nad forbidden the mar. riage. Out ol deference lo the wishes of j the decea.ed gentleman, tha nuptials were iiidefim ely postponed, and Ihe heroine has j'il entered a convent. A correspondent write os from Galves ton: '! have seen a Confederate Colonel, with his fnll uniform on, star acd all, driv ing a dray, with a mule whose harness was made ot ropes. A late Litotenant General of the rebel army is a clerk in an express office at New Orleans, and the officer who drove off Franklin and bis fifteen thousand men er Sabine, is a barkeeper at Houston." A'ru? Yoik Post. It is said that a girl r.i England was struck dumb by the firing cf a cannon. Smre then a number ol married men aava invited the artillery to come and discharge their pieces on their premises. Josh Billings says ol the servan'.s at Long Branch: "Most ov'em are black, bat micy ov'em ha lived se long among the wbite'lhat ibey bein lo adopt onr color." t A drunken man mod the other day to ' get a policeman to arrt bis own si. ado. on the complaint that tbe ill-looking ftilew ) kept lollowiof hisutTtty whir ha went. The Lost lrli. ! A real deal of nonsense has been ottered ' by sensation lectures and magazine writers about wonderfel arts which perished with the ancients. To trust in the lamentations of these wiseacres over the "lost art," one woold ihink we had fallen upon very da generate time indeed. But none of the doleful stories are true. Cleopatra, no 1 doubt, was a very fine woman ; but she never dissolted pearls in wine. Arch imedes was a great man in his day, but he never set fire lo tbe Roman ships with burning glasses as the fable relates. Tbe ancients had no useful arts which we do not understand belter aod practice ! mere skillfully than lby did. Tne hum bleat American mechanic could teach tbe polished Greek and the conning Egyptian sciences and aita of which ihey never dreamed. The ancients, indeed, did many wenderful things which have not been j since repeated; but ihey were only such things as are not worth doing over again. If we had occasion to build such foolish things as a pyramid, we would improve upon our model in every respect; and in stead of keeping a hundred thousand half started slaves at the work for twenty years, we would turn il out finished in a few months. George Law and a hundred oth ers would be williog to lake the contract at a day 'a notice. If any people, now adays, lived in a condition like the ancients, they would be objects lor sincere pity, and it would be our duty speedily lo send missionaries amnng them. What a lamentable sight would be a nation of great mental vigor, half clothed and poorly led, tilling the earth with rrood en ploughs; without soap, pins, friction matches, or India rubber? How queenly would one of our factory girls appear to them? How magical the an of a Yankee clockmaker Beggars, now-a-days, with regard lo the substantial comforts of life, fare better tttsu ancient kings. Our moilerc civilizaiion is snrely just what is ani ed for the welfare of humanity. The s'eam engine, politics, electricity, morality, and every good thing moves on hrmoiiiouly. We look back to tbe paM, to notice, as warnings, the paths of error which our predecessor trod, and we puh on cheerfully, and confidently leel lhat the prrr,t and the lotore ar of the utmost importance to us. Siiet:fi. Aw ei ican. Gckkril Ct'Mi is rather seriously mixed op in connii speculations cotton proving J more pro'fible than camels. A ilemphis paper states he case lbiit "When Gen. Curtis occupied Helens, in 1862, his army captured twenty-three hun dred talea of cotton belonging to "General Pillow then of the retel service. These" were confi-cated, an J, as was supposed, turned orer to the offirers of the United States Treasury. Since Gsneral Pillow ob tained his pardon, however, il ha been as certained that, instead of the Government recei ing the benefit of this cotton operation, it ia suspected that it was reserved for the use ol Gen. Curtis, as no return was ever mad ot it Gen. Pillow, we understand, has instituted proceedings against General Curtis fur the missing cotton, or its equiva lent in currency." Concerning Editors. At a printer's fes tival the editorial vocation was thus dene brown: - j The man thai is expected to know every-, thing, tell everything that he knows, and j gueas at the rest, to make known his charac ler,e:abliU the reputation of bis neighbors, a ii. I elect all candidates lor office; lo blow everybody and relorm the world ; to live for ihe benefit of others, and the epitaph on Lis tombstone: -Here he lies at last." Iu ariort he is a locomrtive running on the lrck of puslic notoriety; bis boiler i filled with ink; hi tender his scissors ; his driv. in; wheels, public opinion, whenever be explodes, it is caused by ncn-payment ol subscriptions. CntroR Wik Evas. An elderly gen tleman accustomed to "indulge," entered the room ol a certain inn, where sat a grave friend by the (Ire. Lilting a pair of greeu spec aclee upoa his forehead, rubbing hi , ' .,i8,. fJ. k".i. inflamed eyes, and Calling for hot handy and water, be complained '.hat bis eye were ! i . i i . i ! getting weaner anu weaaer, anu mai even tbe spectacles did not seem lo do them any good. "I'll tell thee, friend," replied the Quaker, "what 1 think, if thee was to wear thy spec tacles over thy mouth for a few months, thy eye would get sound again." Ax instance of distinction without a difference was oflered by tbe Irishman who( having legs of different sizes, ordered hi I boots to be made accordingly. His direc tions were obeyed, but as he tried the small boot on the larger leg. he exclaimed, petulantly, ' Confound the fellow ! I ordered him to make one larger ihan tbe other; and instead of that, he haa made one smaller than :he other." A certain minister gotng to visit ene of hi parishioners, asked him how he bad rested during the night. c0, wondrous ill, sir," replied he "for mine eye have not come tfgethT for three niulits." "What is the reason of lhat!"' said the other. Ala! sir," said he, "because my nue wa betwixt ibem." Ir is a temaikable fact that, however well young ladies may be versed in grammar, very few can dselina matrimeriy. Coimrsatioir Brilliant and effective conversation If tbe result of a gift highly cultivated by varioo . knowledge, streng'tliened by deep and a'r nest experience, sharpened by contact with sociaty. What a pleasure to listen to aoon music! What can more effectually move and influence the so'ul ? By this we do not -mean highly elaborated talk, bat appropiate scintillating, elevating, original, and in tbs best sense beautiful words, like a fountain wkh newly recurring form of manifesta tions, and ceasing wben the ttbsetvers tire. Tbe conversation which fell from the lip of Fox, Burke, Dr. Johnson, Coleridge, and other famous talkers of England was ot such interest as to bold tbeir listeners fct hours. Like other gifts, it should be colli vated. Jenny Lind, endowed with the gift of music, but of what practical ose aulas cultivated ? More attention should be paid lo this branch in onr school and colleges'. As it ia there are comparatively few pro fessors that give it any special attention and not anfrequently the best students are the most awkward in conversation. This ia not as it should be. Not Ions; since we knew a lady, who from ber posi tion had the means of f ol. g great good Thia. little woman could not say three con secutive words to influence, or make belter the least person within ber reach, and still we are told that she waa a splendid scholar. It was an assertion lhat we tried to believe, but alas, she was sadly deficient in tbe ose of words if indeed she really had ideas. Conversation ia the exponent of the mind. Some spin their mind like tops; others move down the current ef conversation like iull-laden sVipt; others shower brilliants like meteors with an occasional lighlnior flash; and still others that go on like a mole . in a tread-mil', never stopping. A man asually talks best opon that sub ject which be best understands, and la which he has centered strangest interest, provided he has not become a victim of morbid excitement upon fiat subject. Tl:at conversation is mrst effective opon the minds of others which most perfectly inter prets the thought of the soul or whatever suhject i considered. The straightforward, honest relation of the humblest creature of the earth may have power to touch and i l fiueuce the heart of the highest a id most cultivated. Men g'eat !i action are often silent in company. Their power imps's them in oher dire ijti than ih:r toigue. Tais is R,0 rqnally irue of those eminent in any -one department of science. Their brains are too thoroughly adapted to silsut iudy for the full development cf language. Authors are not urjlrtequently silent people sate on rare and peculiarly favorable occasions. Milton cocld noi cotverie; Butler was "br ing and sullen;-' Dante was silent or iron cil; Swift nervous. Chaucer' silence was said to be more agreeable than Lis conversation. Junius was so very diffident Le coald never get beyond a few preliminary words Des cartes, Corneitle, and Scuthy still acd laci turn save with intimate friends. We woold not be the crow fishing for evil. It is pleasant lo think of Leih Hunt, Carlyle, aid others who were brilliant and highly effective. Neither does ou: own country lack for good conversationalists charming men and women, some whose names a known to fame, not caring for re- nown outside cf tbe paradise ihey call home. There are various styles ol conver sation peculiar to diflerent people. Serxw people link their words-to those of others by such general expressions as "indeed," "oh, yes," "is it possible,"-wiih a kind of susvity peculiar io certain organization. Others are direct, abruptly making interro gations and observations. Then there is a scintillating, epigrammatic style which, flies about ihe listeners like a rocket. Coo verse with Ihe roan of law, and his opin ions are uttered oracslarly. Hi words are chosen with adaptation to esnse rather than souod. He quotes only the ablest aod as thorities. His purpose is to ins:roct and convict rather than to amuse. Talk with (he merchant, and bt will tall ' too how he began life with only a sixpence, i how he got alon?, what he is new worth , 1 villi enoli a asiicfiaid pnntimait ir that rOH ; , , . ' , . ., t m',B t?ood-io mofedly, wondencg if the possession of money wonld make yoa hap py Converse with one of the finest women in the country, tbe wife of an eminent mart, and the mother of a handsome son, and ac complished well-dressed daughters, and sh reminds yoa momeolarily of what "ihe Jodg saya," "My eon is at present in En robe," and "My daoghtera are so moch ia society; " while another tells yoa, with such conscious air, that "My celebrated so and ao is the author cf lhat celebrated work which is just now throwing a wonderful vnv light on the public mind," Still another Jj will tell yoa of "My baby," jnst a thouzh ;- I he re never was one before, and not likely 5- to be another. All con versation i more of less contagious; consequently persons soon come to tlk like those to whom they listen attentively. Ah ! how fearfully troe is it of all persons thi a, ibe influence of tbeir speech, for goy k as ST V. or evil is past an compnta'ion. i-et as eet then, to order our con relation arigbll past all cornfla: studying to improve this talent, as every j other, to the good of our fellow men. Sa- titdoy Evening Potf A robest coontrj man meeting a physician, ran to hide behind a wall; being asked the cause, he replied, "It is so lengsioce I have been sick, lhat I am ashamed U Uak a phy sician ia.tb face." v
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers